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<font face="Arial" size="2"><p align="center"><b><font size="4">PathRequester()</font></b></p>
<p><b>Syntax</b></p><blockquote>

Path$ = <font color="#006666"><b>PathRequester</b></font>(Title$, InitialPath$)</blockquote>

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<b>Description</b><br><blockquote>



Opens the standard path requester for the user to select a path. 

 

</blockquote><p><b>Parameters</b></p><blockquote>
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<tr><td width="10%"><i>Title$</i></td>
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The title of the requester window. 

 

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<tr><td><i>InitialPath$</i></td>
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The initial path to use when the requester is opened. 

 

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</blockquote><p><b>Return value</b></p><blockquote>



The selected path, or an empty string if the requester has been canceled by the user. 

 

</blockquote><p><b>Remarks</b></p><blockquote>



The path is returned with the terminating '\' on Windows, or the terminating '/' on Linux and OS X. 

 

</blockquote><p><b>Example</b></p><blockquote>

<pre><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"size="2">  InitialPath$ = "C:\"   <font color="#006666">; set initial path to display (could also be blank)</font>
  Path$ =<font color="#006666"> PathRequester</font>("Please choose your path", InitialPath$)
  <b><font color="#006666">If</font></b> Path$
<font color="#006666">    MessageRequester</font>("Information", "You have selected following path:"+<font color="#006666">Chr</font>(10)+Path$, 0)
  <b><font color="#006666">Else</font></b>
<font color="#006666">    MessageRequester</font>("Information", "The requester was canceled.", 0) 
  <b><font color="#006666">EndIf</font></b>
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</Blockquote><p><b>Supported OS  </b><Blockquote>All</Blockquote></p><center>&lt;- <a href=openfilerequester.html>OpenFileRequester()</a> - <a href=index.html>Requester Index</a> - <a href=savefilerequester.html>SaveFileRequester()</a> -&gt;



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